, where does that leave real girls? >> there's probably 20-plus girls at my high school. >> i wasn't using anything, like protection or anything, birth control, condoms, anything like that. >> reporter: in georgia, teen pregnancy rates are nearly a quarter higher than the national average in the town of rome, it's so prevalent a support of 40 teens meepts twice a month. >> a bag full of baby girl stuff here. >> reporter: michelle is the founder of the group. >> there is no fear and shame in teen pregnancy anymore. seeing all the teen moms in the media, it's desensitized them. >> reporter: all the girls here follow "teen mom" in the gossip pages and on television. >> my name is whitney and i'm a country girl from the southern town of rome, georgia. >> in fact, there's a star among them. whitney was on "16 and pregnant," the original mtv documentary that launched the "teen mom" sensation. >> people think it's so cool that i was on tv. >> reporter: she says she was excited to participate in the real life morality tale. >> you don't have to have sex if you do have sex, be smart. this is what h